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Gain-Bandwidth Product is Not (Always) Constant (.PDF Download)

April 23, 2019
Gain-Bandwidth Product is Not (Always) Constant (.PDF Download)

When talking amplifiers, I sometimes get the impression that whole groups of electronics hobbyists and engineering students have been brainwashed by endlessly hearing and repeating the mantra “Gain-bandwidth product is a constant.” Hearing this statement so often, they actually start to believe this is a universal truth.

I was reminded of this once again some time ago, when I saw a video on the otherwise excellent YouTube channel “w2aew.” At around minute 2:23, the host says “...for a single-pole response, the product of the DC-gain and the bandwidth is constant":

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